Hi again Sharon,
Man, are you ever right on this one! I have beatten myself up with
Legalism before. The sad part of the whole thing is that I don't
need anyone but one lying spirit to get in there and help, and I call
that help?
I suffer from mental problems as well, and, I know what it is to have
someone bash me with the Bible. There are Bible bashers and then
there are those who bash others with the same Bible. I know what you
mean about it seeming to go on and on and on and on and on ...
Wuv yuh Sharon,
purple Mari
At 08:03 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
>Brad,
>
>While we cannot blame the Bible for making us depressed, I think
>that the enemy can use people who misuse God's words to, for
>example, frighten us into salvation, telling us where we fail, hit
>us over the head with it, saying we should do this or that, and more
>and more. When someone, like me, has obsessive compulsive disorder
>or any other diagnosed mental problem that affects how we see
>spiritual things, all this can have a negative effect, like, if
>these people can be so wicked and thus go to Hell, I probably have a
>very good chance of going there myself, because I do terrible
>things, mostly in my head and seemingly in my heart, and I feel that
>I don't want to change and serve God, and I'm afraid I'll do
>something irrevocable! I realize that many people may go through
>such periods of discouragement, but for others, it goes on and
>on. I'm not saying this to get anyone to feel sorry for me, but
>just to understand.
>
>Sharon
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